Dr. Levent Yilmaz
 Ph.D. Virginia Tech

Associate Professor, Computer Science and Software Engineering
Associate Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Samuel Ginn College of Engineering
Auburn University
Email: yilmaz@auburn.edu 		     

I am a faculty member of Computer Science and Software Engineering and hold a joint appointment with the Industrial & Systems Engineering department in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering at Auburn University. 

  Research Interests  

Modeling and Computer Simulation

  • Agent-Directed Simulation: Agent Simulation, Agent-Based Simulation, Agent-Supported Simulation
  • Simulation Theory and Methodology 
    • Autonomy & Autonomous Systems
    • Computational Reproducibility in M&S
    • Creative Scientific Discovery Systems
    • Robust Decision Support Systems

Yilmaz L. and T. Ören (Eds.) (2009). Agent-Directed Simulation and Systems Engineering Wiley (Wiley Series in Systems Engineering)

Complex Adaptive Systems
  • Computational explorations in socio-technical, cognitive, cultural systems:  Science of science and innovation policy, systems models of collective creativity, simulation of scientific discovery processes, conflict simulation, computer simulation of projects, organizations, communities, and processes.
Software Modeling and Design  -  Cognitive models of design, conceptual structures and processes of creative design.

Quote -  "Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes."  - E. W. Dijkstra


  Selected Honors and Awards   
  Selected Professional Activities   

  • Editor-in-Chief of the Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International (2008 - present).

  • Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Simulation and Process Modeling  (2004-present).

  • Associate Editor of the Springer Complex Adaptive Systems Modeling Journal (2012 - present).

  • Associate Editor of the International Journal of Engineering Education  (2006 - present).

  • Associate Editor of the Simulation & Gaming Journal (2008 - present).

  • Elected Member of the Board of Directors of Society for Modeling and Simulation International (2006 - 2008, 2009 - 2011, 2011 - 2013).

  • Vice President for Publications of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International (2011 - 2013).

  • General Chair (with Osman Balci, Maarten Sierhuis, and Xiaolin Hu) of the 2009 Summer Computer Simulation Conference

  • Founding Organizer and General Co-chair (with Greg Madey, Maarten Sierhuis, Tuncer Oren, and Yu Zhang) of the annual Agent-directed Simulation Symposium series.
  Selected Recent Publications  

  • Yilmaz L. (2012). "Reproducibility in M&S Research: Issues, Strategies, and Implications for Model Development Environments," Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 457-474.

  • Zou G. and L. Yilmaz (2012). "InnoScape: A Creative Artificial Ecosystem Model of Innovation Processes in Epistemic Communities," International Journal of Simulation and Process Modeling, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 275-289.

  • Magnotti F. J and L.Yilmaz (2012). "An Agent Simulation Study of a Unified Mechanism on Individual Foraging Behavior with Individual Scalar Expectancies," Journal of Simulation, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 33-42.

  • Ören T. and L. Yilmaz (2012). "Synergies of Simulation, Agents, and Systems Engineering," Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal. vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 81-88.

  • Özmen Ö. and L. Yilmaz (2012). "An Information Foraging Model of Knowledge Creation and Spillover Dynamics in Open Source Science,"  International Journal of Agent Technologies and Systems, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 50-72.

  • Levent Yilmaz (2011). "Reproducibility in Modeling & Simulation Research," Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International, vol. 87, No. 1, pp 3-4, January 2011.

  • Levent Yilmaz and Anthony C. Hunt (2011). "Advanced Concepts and Generative Simulation Formalisms for Creative Discovery Systems Engineering," Chapter 9 in A. Tolk and L.C. Jain (Eds.) Intelligence-Based Systems Engineering, pp. 233-258, 2011.

  • Guangyu Zou and Levent Yilmaz (2010). "Dynamics of Knowledge Creation in Global Participatory Science Communities: Open Innovation Communities from a Network Perspective," Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 35-58.

  • Levent Yilmaz (2010). "Emergence, Innovation, and Resilience of Collaboration Structures in Virtual Open Science and Innovation Collaboratories," in Proceedings of the SIMUL2010: International Conference on Advances in System Simulation. pp. 52-58. August 22-27. Nice, France.

  • Levent Yilmaz and Tuncer Ören (2009). "Rethinking M&S to Enhance Creativity and Computational Discovery,"  in Proceedings of the 2009 Summer Computer Simulation Conference, pp.66-74. July 13-16. Istanbul, Turkey

  • Bradley Mitchell and Levent Yilmaz (2008) "Symbiotic Adaptive Multisimulation: An Autonomic Simulation Framework for Real-time Decision Support under Uncertainty", ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation, vol.19, no.1, December 2008.

  • Levent Yilmaz (2009). "An Agent Simulation Study on Conflict, Community Climate, and Innovation in Open Source Communities,"  International Journal of Open Source Software and Processes, vol.1, no. 4, pp.1-25.

  • Levent  Yilmaz (2009). "On the Synergy of Conflict and Collective Creativity in Open Innovation Socio-technical Ecologies,"  in Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Social Computing, pp.502-508. August 29-31, Vancouver, Canada.

  • Levent Yilmaz, Paul Davis, Paul A. Fishwick, Xiaolin Hu, John A. Miller, Maria Hybinette, Tuncer I. Ören, Paul Reynolds, Hessam Sarjoughian, and Andreas Tolk (2008). "What Makes Good Research in Modeling and Simulation (M&S): Sustaining the Growth and Vitality of the M&S Discipline," In Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE/ACM Winter Simulation Conference, pp. 671-676.

  • Bernard Zeigler, Alex Muzy, and Levent Yilmaz (2008). "Artificial Intelligence in Modeling and Simulation" In Encyclopedia of Complexity and System Science, Editor-in-Chief, Robert A. Meyers, Springer, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany.

  • Phillips J. and L. Yilmaz L.(2007). "Team-RUP: Agent-based Simulation of Team Behavior in Software Development Organizations," International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 170-179.

  • Levent Yilmaz (2007). "A Strategy for Improving Dynamic Composability: Ontology-driven Introspective Agent Architectures," Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics, and Informatics, vol. 5, no. 5, pp. 1-9.

  • Levent Yilmaz and Jared Phillips (2007). "The Impact of Turbulence on the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Software Development Teams in Small Organizations," Software Process: Improvement and Practice Journal, vol 12., no.3, pp. 247-265. May/June 2007.

  • Levent Yilmaz, Alvin Lim, Simon Bowen, and  Tuncer Oren (2007). "Requirements and Design Principles for Multisimulation with Multiresolution, Multistage Models," in Proceedings of the 2007 ACM/IEEE Winter Simulation Conference, pp. 823-832.

  • Levent Yilmaz and Tuncer Ören (2006). "Simulation-Based Problem Solving Environments for Conflict Studies," Simulation & Gaming Journal. vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 534-556.

  • Levent Yilmaz (2004) "On the Need for Contextualized Introspective Simulation Models to Improve Reuse and Composability of Defense Simulations", Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp 135-145, 2004.

  • Levent Yilmaz (2004) "Verifying Collaborative Behavior in Component-Based DEVS Models", Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International. Special Issue: Component-Based Modeling and Simulation, Vol. 80, No. 7, pp 399-415, Jul. 2004.

  • Tuncer Ören and Levent Yilmaz (2004). "Behavioral Anticipation in Agent Simulation", Proceedings of IEEE/ACM WSC 2004 - Winter Simulation Conference, pp 801-806, Dec. 2004.
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